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In other words, Google wants to turn Nest into a platform for the house, some kind of Android equivalent. Looking forward to seeing their next steps. If I'm right, some kind of appstore I would imagine.

So far they've focused on big brands, if this fails it would be because of insufficient trust from developers, but Android shows people can look the other way if there's enough of an incentive.

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To be fair, at the time we were terrified the much more closed Apple platform would win.

To be honest this time I'd rather there was a monopoly, as at least it is then completely clear the only viable competition is open source, so that's where you have to go.

With the government, every tech company and their mother tracking us 24 hours a day 7 days a week, why should we continue to add our personal data to the pool?

|| some kind of appstore I would imagine.

Extrapolation != predicting the future. You can't just download an android app to fluff your pillows before you get home, it's about integrating the house with new devices.

|| if this fails

This won't fail.

> This won't fail.

Why not?

Because home automation is not ubiquitous yet.

That's not really a compelling reason. It certainly plays in their favor, but it is no guarantee of success.

Consider: the vast majority of people who have money to spend on home automation have Apple products.

Yeah, but mine's got a crack on the screen. I stopped caring to notice it. It's a couple years old, hasn't had a new app installed on it in months, and is fulfilling many utility roles in my world.

I want something to excite me again.

Citation needed

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